It is not the absence of sin but the grieving over it which distinguishes the child of God from empty professors

Instead of a river, God often gives us a brook, which may be running today and dried up tomorrow. Why? To teach us not to rest in our blessings, but in the blesser Himself.

Prayer is not so much an act as it is an attitude - an attitude of dependency, dependency upon God.

It is not the absence of sin but the grieving over it which distinguishes the child of God from empty professors.

The Bible is no lazy man's book! Much of its treasure, like the valuable minerals stored in the bowels of the earth, only yield up themselves to the diligent seeker.

True liberty is not the power to live as we please, but to live as we ought.

Grace can neither be bought, earned, or won by the creature. If it could be, it would cease to be grace.

The great mistake made by most of the Lord’s people is in hoping to discover in themselves that which is to be found in Christ alone.

Growing in grace is a deepening realization of our nothingness; it is a heartfelt recognition that we are not worthy of the least of God's mercies.

Unbelief is infectious! The unbelief of one strengthens the unbelief of another, just as the faith of one strengthens the faith of another.

Happy the soul that has been awed by a view of God's majesty

Life is a long failure of understanding, a long, mistaken shutting of the heart.

When you get divorced and remarried, nobody gets discarded. Everybody is still there. Even if their storyline is not directly yours.

Some degree of novelty must be one of the materials in almost every instrument which works upon the mind; and curiosity blends itself, more or less, with all our pleasures.

Scientific progress consists in the development of new concepts.

You are meant to play the ball as it lies, a fact that may help to touch on your own objective approach to life.

For thee the wonder-working earth puts forth sweet flowers.

It was always summer and the future called We were ready for adventure and we wanted them all And there was so much left to dream And so much time to make it real

Coming from a large family makes you feel protected - you have friends and allies.

To find his place and fill it is success for a man.

You can do law with a law degree. You can't do anything else.